Improved handle attachment foe blacking-boxes



i @uitrit tstes @anni @fitte THOMAS s. ROBINSON, or. 'NEW' YORK.'y N. Y.

n l Letters Patent No. 66,173, dated June 25, 1867.'

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To ALL WHOM 1T MAY OONOERN: i Be it known that I, THOMAs S.- ROBINSON, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved H andle vAttachment for Blacking-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that` the following is a.

full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention is designed to supersede the dii'erent holders now manufactured to receiveand holdblao'kingboxes While the same are being used, the holders serving as a handle for the box and preventing the hand of the operator being soiled by the blackingr while charging-the brush with the same. The holders are generally constructed of cast iron, and are provided with jaws or fastenings to hold the box. They are notA in very general use iu consequence-of being made separately from the boxes and not sold with them. I

My invention consists in attaching a handle of sheet metal or other suitable material to the blacking-box, insuch a manner that when the box is not required for vuseit may be turned or shoved under the box or by the side of the same, so as to be entirely outfot` the way, and be readily drawn or turned out when it is desired to u's'e the black'ing-box. Iuthe accompanying drawings- Y I l I Figure 1 is anunder vieiv of a blacking-box having my improvement attached to it.

Figure 2, a side view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. v i

A represents a blacking-box, which may be constructed as usual, composed ofl two parts, a body or\main portion, a, and a lid, b. To the bottom of the body or main portion a of the box, a handle, B, is attached by a rivet, c, whichV passes through the bottom near the edge of the same. This handle may be constructed of sheet metal (scraptin) and should not exceed inlength the diameter of the box. The handle is allowed to-turn on its pivot, and when the box is not in use the handle is turned underneath the bottom, as shown in red in fig.

`1, and when the box Ais required for use thehandle is'turned outward, as shown in black in both figures. I would remark that the handle B may be riveted to the lid b of the box instead ot' to the bottom, andwhen the lid is removedA from Vthe body or main portion a, the latter may be inserted in the former. I would further remark that the handle may be fitted in or 4between guides solas to slide underneath or outl from the box. I

prefer, hon-ever, the rivetingvof the handle to the box. i i

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The handle B, pivoted at C to the bottom a or topb, when constructed, arranged, and operating as herein set forth.

. 'II-IOS. S, ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

WM. F'. McNAMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

